SINKING OF THE EGYPT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 29 May 1922, Page 5

SINKING OF THE EGYPT.

! ■ 4 LASCARS RUN AMOK.* ! ! ■ " ■ " : "; -' ' > BY CABLL—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT I LONDON, May 26. The president of the Sailors' and Firemen's Union (Mr Haveloek Wilson), interviewed, said the only knowledge that the Lascars ran amok in connection with the sinking of the Egypt came from the newspapers, but the facts would be revealed at the' Board of Trade enquiry. The view of the Sailors' and Firemen's Union was that the safety first doctrine should apply at sea as well as on land. It was utterly impossible to get effective boat drill from men of mixed nationalities, and it was utterly useless to expect the orders of officers to be conveyed*, to an alien crew in an emergency. Lascar crews were all very well on the coast of Ind:a, but very unreliable in cold climates. Such" crews ' should be employed only on the seas where they were recruited.